The Character Iris, who is Lilly's Gran in the book is based loosely on my two Grans, one of whom died when i was very young. This was the first time that i had en-counted death and the memory stayed with me. I was very confused as a small child, i could not work out why if heaven was such a wonderful place and God was so lovely, why i could not visit my Gran. Iris is also in part me, although I am not a gran mother, I have felt very old for a long time, not in the wise sense but the warn out sense. All Gran mothers are magical, I hope that i will be a magical Gran one day.
en-counted death and the memory stayed with me. I was very confused as a small child, i could not work out why if heaven was such a wonderful place and God was so lovely, why i could not visit my Gran.
Iris is also in part me, although I am not a gran mother, I have felt very old for a long time, not in the wise sense but the warn out sense.
All Gran mothers are magical, I hope that i will be a magical Gran one day.